• smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.ukEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Pixel is the only game in town for anyone who wants a secure and privacy friendly smartphone as they’re the only ones that run GrapheneOS.

    I do like the look of the 9, especially finally being able to get a smaller Pro model but the prices are getting silly and my 7 Pro is still working fine. Maybe the 10 or 11.

    I’m also keeping an eye on Fairphone but they need to add all the hardware GrapheneOS needs to support them for me to be interested. And it’d help if they weren’t launching with last gen specs. Fairphone 5 came out after my P7P but is inferior in most ways, I just can’t justify paying for a downgrade as much as I support the mission.

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      And it’d help if they weren’t launching with last gen specs. Fairphone 5 came out after my P7P but is inferior in most ways, I just can’t justify paying for a downgrade as much as I support the mission

      Right? I like the idea of Fair phone and Linux phones as well, but they always seem to slap in mediocre hardware at best.

      Even the latest Fairphone 5, like you said, comes with a Qualcomm QCM6490 from late 2021. It wasn’t designed for phones and can’t even compete against the Tensor G2, a processor already widely regarded as crap

  • scoobford@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I wouldn’t say “excited”, as I don’t know of it having any specific advantages over what’s already on the market.

    I’m quite fond of my 7 and 8 though. Battery life and cell reception could be better, but I’ve never found either to be less than satisfactory.

  • cleverusername@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Never given the slightest flying fuck about flagship phones.

    Current phone is an A52 that I bought on sale and intended to use for at least 4yrs.

    Stop feeding the bullshit machine!!!

      • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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        1 month ago

        ah yeah. I actually just got a 7a. honestly I find these short upgrade times to make it harder to pay attention to the stuff at all. Its like eating at a place all the time as opposed to eating out rarely and being hungry to experience that favorite place when you can.

  • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.meEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Google is the only one implementing the full spec for bootloader relocking with custom keys, so as far as I’m concerned they’re the only viable manufacturer now (RIP OnePlus, you used to be good).

    The default UX on most phones just plain outright sucks. I keep hearing Samsung is better, IMO modern OneUI sucks just as much as TouchWiz sucked. Everyone tries to differentiate themselves by how much bloatware they load up on the phone so customers go wow it’s got so many features! Lately they’re all in on the AI fad as well, and subscriptions, and their own store.

    Been a custom ROM user forever, and I have no intention of letting go of that. My phone is almost 5 years old now, and it still runs better than the out of the box experience of any phones on display at the stores. Raw hardware performance is utterly useless if the stock OS immediately wastes it all and some more.

    So I’m not excited about the Pixels but they’re also the only viable option.

      • zelnix@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Wallet no. For banking apps it depends on the app. For me about 80 percent work

  • hydrospanner@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Bought a pixel 3 as soon as the 4 was released.

    It was a fantastic phone… except for the two times it got stuck in a boot loop until the battery died.

    Bonus points for the second time, when, thanks to a google update for emergency services, it decided it should dial emergency services every time it restarted…meaning I had to stay up until 330am that night, hanging up on emergency services, until the battery finally died.

    A year or two ago, I bought a P7 Pro to replace it, hoping it’d have all the good of the P3, but with better camera, bigger screen, and no boot loop.

    It is indeed bigger, the camera can zoom more, but isn’t necessarily better, there’s no boot loop issues which is great…but I find i have more cases of the phone locking up and needing a restart…and the in-screen fingerprint sensor (and gesture controls) are absolute hot garbage compared to the P3.

    The fingerprint and gesture annoyances have been enough that my plan now, unless there’s something significant that changes things, is to go back to an iPhone for my next phone.

    • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 month ago

      except for the two times it got stuck in a boot loop until the battery died.

      Did the emergency shut-off (holding down the volume down and power buttons at the same time) not work?

      • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        1 month ago

        It’s a glitch where the buttons break down mechanically, so it just thinks the user is holding the power button constantly, so as soon as it is off, it’ll turn back on.

    • cocobean@bookwormstory.socialEnglish
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      1 month ago

      You can turn off the weird gesture shit and go back to the three buttons in settings.

      “Navigation mode” -> “3-button navigation”

      TBH the lack of a back button is one of the things I dislike about iPhones

      Rear fingerprint scanner though…I miss it so much

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I haven’t been “excited” about any phones or really much of any technology at all in years. There’s just been very little practical progress and a whole lot of regress. What does P9 bring to the table that’s new? Fucking useless AI trash?

  • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    1 month ago

    They’ll probably use another mediocre modem that will again make cellular reception mediocre. Until they fix that problem, there is no reason to take that phone line seriously.

  • terry_ducks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Will not touch Apple, Samsung or Google HW. Apple & Samsung too expensive. Google because … SQUIRREL … what the fuck, cancel it.

  • mad_asshatter@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I want a phone for $0, which Koodo (or other) will offer this phone for within 15 months.
    I’ll contain my excitement until then.

    That being said, I am liking the Pixel line, in general, so I’m sure either my wife or I will have one eventually.

    Also, I haven’t known anyone to have genuine phone excitement since the blackberry (c. 2009), though I often detect iphone smugness (if only they knew).

    • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I do miss “back in the day” when I was a kid, where every phone had its own OS and apps, and it was exciting to go through every single option and button on the phone

      These days, bar a few small hardware differences, every iphone is the same as the next, and every android is the same as the next.

      I much prefer a standardised OS (android,iOS,whatever) but its not exciting anymore

  • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I was always a cheap Nexus/Pixel A guy that traded up when the new budget phones went for sale on the Play store. I got my 6A for like 150 bucks brand new. When the 8A was announced for 500 dollars and barely better than the 6A I jumped to a refurbished 7 Pro and I’ll probably just keep this phone until something really special comes out or I just abandon carrying a cellphone all together [most likely.]